Hook-and-eye fastening.



J. E. JANSSON.

HOOK AND EYE FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEZG. 1915.

Patented July 25, 1916.

JOHAN EMIL JANSSON, OF HAMPSTEAD, ENGLAND.

HOOK-iAND-EYE FASTENING.

Application filed June 26, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JorrAN EMIL JANSSON,.

In such hooks as heretofore proposed the side members were either shorter than the tongue or when carried beyond the tongue were bent inward, and then carried alongside and beyond the tongue without being bent outward again.

A hook made in accordance with this invention consists of a central tongue lying between side arms or members which are contracted by a kink or bend which extends toward the tongue and then away from the tongue again so as to form a spring retaining lock preventing the too free return of the eye when once in position and the said side arms after being bent away from the tongue are carried forward beyond the end of the tongue and are there provided with loops for attachment, the said side arms be ing in some cases bent toward one another in the known way beyond the tongue until v the attaching loops abut one upon another and lie closely adjacent to one another.

In a modified construction the contracted kinks or bends are not placed opposite one another but one is disposed farther along the tongue than the other so that in placing the eye in position the resistance of the two locking kinks has to be overcome successively instead of simultaneously thereby lessening the pressure required to place the eye in position.

The hook may be made of wire or stamped out of metal.

The accompanying drawings show some forms of the improved hook. v

Figure 1 is a plan of one construction; Fig. 2 is a side view; Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the hook in position upon a piece of fabric; Fig. 4 is a side view showing one modification; Fig. 5 is a side view Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Serial N 0. 36,423.

showing a further modification; and Figs. 6 and 7 are plan views similar to Fig. 1 showing modified forms of locking bends. Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on the line w en of Fig. l; and Fig. 9 is a similar view with the tongue and side arms disposed in slightly different planes. Fig. 10 is a plan View of the stamped form of construction.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the hook is made of wire the tongue (1!, being formed of two wires lying side by side, the said wires forming the tongue are bent round and outward in a curve as at b at the base of the tongue and are then carried forward at the side as at c to a position well in front of the end of the tongue where they terminate in suitable loops (1 for attachment. The loops (Z may be spaced apart as shown in Fig. 10 or, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 6 and 7, the ends of the wires may be bent inward until they meet with the loops (Z abutting one against the other so as to leave the end of the tongue a lying in an in closure bounded by the side arms a. At a suitable position the side arms 0 are bent inward toward the tongue as at 6 so as to form the restraining lock for the eye referred to. The tonguea and the side arms 0, may lie substantially in the same plane as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, or the end of the tongue may be turned upward and its body part bent slightly downward out of the plane in which the greater part of the hook lies as shown in Fig. 4 to increase the looking effect on the eye.

Fig. 5 shows a modification where the base of the tongue (4 is bent upward out of the plane of the hook as at f so as to provide a more convenient resting place for the eye.

In the construction shown in Fig. 6 the kinks or bends e are similar to those shown in Fig. 1 but are placed in difi'erent positions along the tongue so that the eye after passing over the free end of the tongue first encounters the resistance of the locking bend e on the right and then the bend c, on the left so that the resistance to placing the eye in position is less than with the arrangement shown in Fig. 1 as only the resistance of one looking bend has to be overcome at one time and the eye can be more easily placed in position and removed, particularly if 'held at a slight angle which is usually the case.

Fig. 7 shows a similar constructlon to Fig. 6 except that the bends on the right are of slightly different form to those on the left part 6 leading up to the bends being a longer incline. The construction and operation is otherwise the same as with reference to Fig. 6.

Figs. 8 and 9 are sections on line m as of Fig. 1 and show the hook as being flat but the tongue and side arms may be in slightly different planes, for example the tongue may be raised slightly as shown in Fig. 9, the side bends 0 being raised toward the tongue. Other suitable modifications may be made where the tongue and arms lie in different planes.

The eyes to be used with the hooks are not illustrated but any suitable form of eye may be used with the hook shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, theeye is preferably curved or bent slightly to accommodate the thickness of the wire on the base of the hook and permit the hook and eye to lie substantially flat.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters ,Patent is 1. For hook and eye fastenings, a hook consisting of a pair of side arms and a central tongue lying between the side arms, the side arms being contracted by bends therein extending to points adjacent the tongue intermediate of its length, to form retaining means to cooperate with the tongue, and the side arms being continued beyond the end of the tongue and formed into loops.

2. For hook and eye fastenings a hook consisting of a pair of side arms and a central tongue lying between the side arms, the side arms being contracted by a bend which extends inward toward the tongue at different points and then away from the tongue again so as to form a spring retaining lock, the said side arms after bending away from the tongue being carried forward beyond the end of the tongue and provided at their ends with loops for attachment, the said terminal portions being bent toward one another until the attaching loops lie closely together.

3. For hook and eye fastenings a hook consisting of-a pair of side arms and a central tongue lying between the side arms, the side arms being contracted by a bend which extends inward toward the tongue spaced from the free end thereof toward the base of the. tongue and then away from the tongue again so as to form a spring retaining lock, the said side arms after bending away from the tongue being carried forward beyond the end of the tongue and provided at their ends with loops for attachment, the said contracted bend being placed at difierent positions along the length of the tongue.

4. For hook and eye fastenings a hook consisting of a pair of side arms and a central tongue lying between the side arms, the side arms being contracted by bends which extend inward toward the tongue at points intermediate of its length and then away from the tongue again so as to form a spring retaining lock, the said side arms after bending away from the tongue being carried forward in parallel relation and beyond the end of the tongue and provided at their ends with loops for attachment, said tongue and side arms being disposed in diii'erent planes.

5. A hook for hook and eye fastenings consisting of a pair of side arms and a central tongue lying between the side arms, the side arms being contracted by bends extending inward toward the tongue at different points in the length thereof between the root and end of the tongue, and then bent away from the tongue before reaching the end thereof so as to form a spring retaining lock situated rearwardly of the tip of the tongue, the said side arms after bending away from the tongue being carried forward beyond the tip of the tongue so as to form a protecting inclosure therefor into which the tongue projects.

6. For hook and eye fastenings a hook consisting of a pair of side arms and a central tongue stamped from a single piece of sheet metal so as to leave projecting portions on the side arms extending adjacent the tongue and adapted to form retaining points.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOI-IAN EMIL JANSSON.

WVitnesses:

HENRY ALLEN RYAN, ROBERT MILTON SPEARPOINT.

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